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How the heck did The xx get so high?!?!? I had no idea people liked that album so much. Also I'm surprised to see MPP so high, it feels like there's been a lot of backlash against it since it came out. Also why did so many damn Canadians vote for Plants and Animals, Metric, and the Weakerthans, booo we have so many better Canadian bands.

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How the heck did The xx get so high?!?!? I had no idea people liked that album so much. Also I'm surprised to see MPP so high, it feels like there's been a lot of backlash against it since it came out. Also why did so many damn Canadians vote for Plants and Animals, Metric, and the Weakerthans, booo we have so many better Canadian bands.

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PITCHFORK 1996-2011 READER'S POLL;

http://www.pitchfork.com/peopleslist/

thoughts?

- i'm surprised people rank the shins' 'chutes too narrow' higher than 'oh, inverted world'

- deerhunter deserves higher slots

- helplessness blues is better than self-titled

- pj harvey's 'let england shake' at 140 is a travesty

- the wrens at 185 is even more of a travesty

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Where do you see the word "indie" on that list? The survey is a reader's poll where people were allowed to submit their choice for top albums of the period (1996-2011). There was no requirement for genre, sound, or record label.

Nobody is saying "OK Computer is the best indie album of that period" -- they're saying it's "the best album of that period, period."

It's nice to see such a great list of albums that were released recently, especially considering we live in an era where the mainstream says The Single is king, and the "album," as a format, is essentially dead. It just so happens that many (not all) of the albums in that list were released on independent labels, and it's no wonder why.

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Interesting list. Some of my thoughts...

2 Radiohead - Kid A

I'm a big fan, but I still can't believe how overrated this album is.

3 Arcade Fire - Funeral

Yay Canada!

7 Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

SUCH a great album...

10 Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

Liked it a lot when it came out, but didn't hold up at all.

11 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

Great to see it this high. Would be in my top-5.

18 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Sorry glass, this kicked Helplessness Blues' butt.

19 The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

Oh, Lips...you made some amazing music for a while...what happened? Where's your hwed at?

24 The National - Boxer

Probably in my top-10. I love every second of it. Glad to see it's regarded so highly.

27 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

Can't get enough of these guys.

28 Bon Iver - Bon Iver

Although I "liked" it, I didn't fully "get" it until seeing them live. Now it's phenomenal.

38 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

Seriously?

47 The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow

Definitely my favourite Shins album. I'd probably rate it in about the same place.

50 Beck - Sea Change

I think this album is really underappreciated. It gets more play on my iPod than any other Beck album.

52 The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

A masterpiece. Should be a lot higher - like, top-20 higher.

56 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Overrated much?

64 Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

It may not hold up too well, but was absolutely brilliant when it came out.

71 James Blake - James Blake

Yeah...I don't get it.

73 Portishead - Third

The shiznit.

76 The Strokes - Room on Fire

I think this is right where it deserves to be...but I expected to see it higher, given how adored they are.

81 TV on the Radio - Dear Science

Should be waaaaaay higher.

88 Vampire Weekend - Contra

Ditto.

91 Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary

A personal fave.

95 Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

Ditto.

96 Spoon - Kill the Moonlight

Would make my top-10. It's THAT good.

97 Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

Right where I'd have it. Kill the Moonlight is THAT good.

115 Destroyer - Kaputt

Depending on my mood, this album is either a soul tonic or a sleeping pill.

116 Feist - The Reminder

I'm sorry - call me a girl, see if I care - but this is criminally low. It's stunningly gorgeous.

125 PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea

Her best album. Would have made my top-50.

128 Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz

This album was absolutely captivating when it came out, and absolutely dull a week later.

142 tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l

My favourite album of last year. TOTALLY original.

154 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz

Surprised it's not in top-100.

163 Beirut - The Flying Club Cup

It's not for everyone, but if you get it, there's nothing else like it.

168 Tom Waits - Mule Variations

First Tom Waits album at 168? Really? Real Gone and Orphans didn't even make it? Seriously? Guess I'm not surprised.

187 My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves

Is this really the first MMJ? I'm absolutely SHOCKED not to see Z on this list.

EDIT - Scratch that, it's at 137.

197 Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours

I preferred Zonoscope

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Gave that Father John Misty album a couple of listens earlier. He's J. Tillman, former member of Fleet Foxes.

I think D Money gave it a 7/10, and that seems about right to me, although I enjoyed it a lot more the second time around.

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new Swans album got a big, fat 9.0 on p4k.

If I'm not mistaken, it's over 2 hours long, too.

I thought "my father will guide me up a rope..." was one of the best albums of 2010, although I haven't listened to it much lately.

excited to hear this.

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I dont check CDC much anymore, but glad i found this thread

Some albums that have been doing it for me this year are

Mark Lanegan Band

Smashing Pumpkins

Grimes

PS I Love You

Air

Looking forward to new albums by Neil Young, Grant Lee Phillips, John Frusciante, New Order, and The Tragically Hip

Recent shows ive been to are Kurt Vile, the Drums, Headwater, the Decemberists, Bruce Cockburn. Im going to The Tallest Man on Earth in September and Neil Young in November. Cant wait! Might see Hot Chip too, but ive seen them before ( great live).

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